Abroad
Jonathan Jones Mid May one does not feel a foreigner in quite the same way. between what we were and what we are a headline reads a young boy sits on the steps of St Paul’s high on amphetamine. I do not know how long it was exactly. Five years. the same again Attempted Murder, Parachute Fails To Open. Tennyson learnt by heart; where Beckett bled no safety found abroad in phony sanctuary. english accents rich on holiday affirm the moist heat cooling out of windows on a woman’s skin. In the evening I can almost feel myself a local fraud come good where the sky quickly glances overseas. |
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About the Author:
Jonathan is a freelance writer currently living and working in Rome. His main influences are Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Chandler, Saki and Yann Martel. Jonathan qualified in 1999 with his M.A. in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University College, and in 2004 with an MRes in Humanities from Keele University. He presently teaches writing composition at John Cabot University in Rome. |